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I've Bit Off More Than I Can Chew - Green Heron

This is a late dusk shot in the shadow of a Green Heron as he tries to swallow a rather large meal.
The water drop hanging off the tip of its beak is a plus to the scene.

Canon 7D with a 500L f4 lens handheld @ 1/400, f4, ISO 640, +2 exposure compensation.

Cropped for composition purposes.

More than usual saturation and vibrance added because of the dull light, slight blur to upper background to kill the noise after selective sharpening on the parts of the bird in focus and the frog.

A couple of small unwanted spots clonned away in the water.
The low light level also gave me a restricted depth of field which in this case is fortunate - the legs of the bird are out of focus, giving more emphasis on the main action.

My settings reflect the absence of good light. I was originally stationary on a tripod but was ready to leave when the heron caught it's meal and had to go handheld - which I prefer anyway.

So, it was either take the time to reposition the camera on the tripod and lose the moment or go for it handheld snd risk motion blur to the poor light.

Cheers,

Mike



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pierreratte13-Sep-2010 18:33
Super cette capture pour toi et le héron, Bravo Mike bien réussi
Dominic Cantin07-Sep-2010 17:04
Une superbe image Mike ! Tu t'en ai très bien sorti avec la lumière ! J'espère que le héron , lui , s'en ai bien sorti avec ce crapeau ;)

Dom :)
Gerald Rozemeijer05-Sep-2010 11:16
wow , great capture V !
Jean-François Boutet04-Sep-2010 19:15
Vraiment intéressante cette image. Faut dire que la grenouille est un plus value de taille!
Jean-François Boutet04-Sep-2010 19:15
Vraiment intéressante cette image. Faut dire que la grenouille est un plus value de taille!